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- Summer Workouts start 💪 Millennium Park | 8:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. | Free
- Summer50 Fest ☀️ United Center | 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. | Free
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- LGBTQ Prom 🪩 Uptown | 7 p.m. | $25
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